The regulatory creep and the bureaucratic response it creates (by design) severelycurtail the ability of many to participate in elections at all levels, with a particularly dramatic effect in areas in and close to the financial hubs of the country: e.g.
The Plaintiffs argued that the financial crises of 2008 and 2009 compelled them to severelycurtail the amounts to be paid, and that since the bonuses were only discretionary to begin with, that management had the right to reduce the pay-outs as it deemed appropriate.
Congress, however, is still blocking Britain's access to software codes which could threaten to curtailseverely British industrial participation in what will be the world's biggest defence-procurement project.